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Gian Villante

17-14-0
41y·6' 3"·76" reach·Orthodox
0:52
Control / 15m
time on top
-1.09
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
50%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.4
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss July 2015. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Nov 2021

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in June 2014, 169 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Nov 2021

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 18 recorded bouts, 923 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 65%Body 15%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 6%Ground 6%
And how often each lands
Head36%
Body65%
Legs86%
Distance42%
Clinch71%
Ground76%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

10Wins5 KO · 5 DEC
13Losses5 KO · 1 SUB · 7 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

11%
Preux
14%
Donovan
38%
Maldonado
1%
O'Connell
0%
Anderson
1%
Lawlor
1%
Perosh
1%
Latifi
5%
Safarov
1%
Rua
0%
Cummins
0%
Barroso
1%
Alvey
0%
Herman
0%
Oleksiejczuk
19%
Greene
0%
Collier
2%
Barnett

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R14.50100%18
R25.07113%16
R34.0991%12

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.38
Strikes absorbed / min5.47
Striking accuracyof everything thrown44%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed55%
Takedowns / 15 min0.45
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land23%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed83%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.85
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 18 bouts11.2m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

41.6%
Landed at range
1,968 thrown over 18 bouts
39.7%
Expected
against these opponents
+1.9pp
Gap
above expected
70.8%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LChris BarnettNov 2021KO R20:08 ctrl30 str0 td
Significant strikes
30 of 51 · 59%
Total strikes
30 of 51 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:23
Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick
Target
Head 20%Body 70%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJake CollierDec 2020U-DEC0:00 ctrl80 str0 td
Significant strikes
80 of 197 · 41%
Total strikes
81 of 198 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 18%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMaurice GreeneJun 2020SUB R32:37 ctrl72 str0 td
Significant strikes
72 of 105 · 69%
Total strikes
91 of 126 · 72%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:37
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 3:44
Arm Triangle From Bottom Half Guard
Target
Head 49%Body 15%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 0%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats
LMichal OleksiejczukFeb 2019KO R10:00 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 20 · 45%
Total strikes
9 of 20 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:34
Punch to Body At Distance
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WEd HermanOct 2018S-DEC0:04 ctrl81 str0 td
Significant strikes
81 of 217 · 37%
Total strikes
81 of 217 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 85%Body 10%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LSam AlveyJun 2018S-DEC0:06 ctrl50 str0 td
Significant strikes
50 of 133 · 38%
Total strikes
50 of 133 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 40%Body 24%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrancimar BarrosoJan 2018S-DEC0:00 ctrl74 str0 td
Significant strikes
74 of 209 · 35%
Total strikes
74 of 209 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 77%Body 15%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LPatrick CumminsJul 2017S-DEC0:00 ctrl72 str0 td
Significant strikes
72 of 196 · 37%
Total strikes
85 of 210 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 92%Body 4%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 0%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
LMauricio RuaMar 2017KO R30:09 ctrl55 str0 td
Significant strikes
55 of 151 · 36%
Total strikes
55 of 151 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:59
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 87%Body 5%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WSaparbeg SafarovDec 2016KO R20:24 ctrl60 str0 td
Significant strikes
60 of 108 · 56%
Total strikes
73 of 121 · 60%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:24
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:54
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 82%Body 3%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 17%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
LIlir LatifiMar 2016U-DEC0:09 ctrl23 str0 td
Significant strikes
23 of 68 · 34%
Total strikes
32 of 79 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 22%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAnthony PeroshNov 2015KO R10:01 ctrl19 str0 td
Significant strikes
19 of 34 · 56%
Total strikes
19 of 34 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:56
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 63%Body 26%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTom LawlorJul 2015KO R20:03 ctrl31 str1 td
Significant strikes
31 of 64 · 48%
Total strikes
31 of 64 · 48%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:27
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 58%Body 13%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCorey AndersonApr 2015KO R30:00 ctrl70 str0 td
Significant strikes
70 of 168 · 42%
Total strikes
70 of 168 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:18
Punch to In Clinch
Target
Head 53%Body 4%Legs 43%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WSean O'ConnellJun 2014S-DEC0:07 ctrl93 str0 td
Significant strikes
93 of 164 · 57%
Total strikes
120 of 194 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 59%Body 25%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 20%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LFabio MaldonadoMar 2014U-DEC5:45 ctrl33 str3 td
Significant strikes
33 of 92 · 36%
Total strikes
46 of 108 · 43%
Takedowns
3 of 12 · 25%
Control
5:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 39%Body 3%Legs 58%
Position
Distance 42%Clinch 21%Ground 36%
This fight on UFCStats
WCody DonovanNov 2013KO R20:54 ctrl43 str1 td
Significant strikes
43 of 82 · 52%
Total strikes
57 of 97 · 59%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:54
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:22
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 77%Body 12%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 2%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
LOvince Saint PreuxApr 2013M-DEC R31:12 ctrl28 str0 td
Significant strikes
28 of 50 · 56%
Total strikes
35 of 57 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 4 · 0%
Control
1:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, R3 0:33
Target
Head 18%Body 11%Legs 71%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.